China
While China’s hunger for corn made headlines, Suderman says the steady demand for soybeans is creating a serious supply concern. That’s why there are now fears the U.S. could run out of soybeans.
China’s appetite for U.S. corn seems unstoppable. Just this week, daily sales of corn to China added up to a new record.
USDA raised its estimate for China corn imports, a step some analysts think is just the start. Darren Frye and Arlan Suderman debate whether China’s corn imports will live up to analysts’ expectations.
Navarro is a fierce China critic whose policy recommendations, if adopted by Trump, would assuredly cause China to react, perhaps against U.S. farm products and in particular, soybeans.
Provisional anti-subsidy duties against ammonium sulfate imports from China have been levied via a January 10 Commerce Department ruling.
It appears the Obama administration late this year, after Nov. 8 elections, will file several trade complaints with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Chinese support for its corn, wheat and rice industries.
Results of an investigation by China into imports of U.S. distiller’s dried grains (DDGs) is expected to come soon from the Chinese Commerce Ministry, according to signals from U.S. trade and industry sources.
The U.S. is launching a challenge at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on China’s domestic price supports for the production of rice, wheat and corn, US officials announced Tuesday (Sept. 13), a likely action we alerted Pro Farmer members to months ago.
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